Bad Company
Bad Company is a competent, unmemorable example of the sort of thriller Jack Higgins can
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do almost without thinking. His usual characters--former IRA assassin Sean Dillon--and his various allies in British Intelligence and the London underworld--find themselves having to cope again with the consequences of earlier actions. German millionaire Berger and his illegitimate mafioso son Rossi are determined to avenge Kate Rashid, who was herself killed trying to take revenge for her brothers, whom Dillon killed for entirely good reasons of national security. Berger is, however, a more problematic enemy, since he was the last man out of the Berlin fuhrerbunker and is the repository for Hitler's genuine, and extremely compromising, diaries. Specifically, he is the man who can prove that there were peace negotiations between the Nazis and the father of the current US president. There is intelligence here, and some superficial expertise about stunt-flying, but far too much of the plot is a recycling of elements Higgins has found reliable in the past. This is one for his many committed admirers rather than for new readers. --Roz Kaveney
Bad Company
Bad Company is a competent, unmemorable example of the sort of thriller Jack Higgins can
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do almost without thinking. His usual characters--former IRA assassin Sean Dillon--and his various allies in British Intelligence and the London underworld--find themselves having to cope again with the consequences of earlier actions. German millionaire Berger and his illegitimate mafioso son Rossi are determined to avenge Kate Rashid, who was herself killed trying to take revenge for her brothers, whom Dillon killed for entirely good reasons of national security. Berger is, however, a more problematic enemy, since he was the last man out of the Berlin fuhrerbunker and is the repository for Hitler's genuine, and extremely compromising, diaries. Specifically, he is the man who can prove that there were peace negotiations between the Nazis and the father of the current US president. There is intelligence here, and some superficial expertise about stunt-flying, but far too much of the plot is a recycling of elements Higgins has found reliable in the past. This is one for his many committed admirers rather than for new readers. --Roz Kaveney
Bad Company (2002)
Two mis-matched partners; one messed up case! When a CIA agent is killed during a nuclear
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arms purchase his partner Oakes (Anthony Hopkins) recruits the agent's twin brother - the smart-talking streetwise Jake Hayes (Chris Rock). Oakes has nine days to control Haye's sharp sense of humour train him to be a CIA agent and save New York City from an imminent nuclear terrorist attack.
Label / Distributor: Audio Fidelity / Hot Records; Empathy
Engineer: Ron Nevison
Producer: Bad Company
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 780014202422
Additional notes
Album Notes: Bad Company: Paul Rodgers (vocals, guitar, piano); Mick Ralphs (guitar, keyboards); Boz Burrell (bass instrument); Simon Kirke (drums).
Album Reviews: Q (1/95, pp.265-268) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "Sparse, unadorned and tuneful...alternates between good-natured...and soulful ballads....The title tracks became the blueprint for Bon Jovi's career..."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Can't Get Enough
2.: Rock Steady
3.: Ready For Love
4.: Don't Let Me Down
5.: Bad Company
6.: Way I Choose
7.: Movin' On
8.: Seagull
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